In 2020 and 2021, Covid left a major mark on Latin America, though the situation is far from over, with the Omicron variant spreading quickly around the continent. Daily case records, set when Latin America was the global epicenter of the pandemic, are now being broken by countries throughout the region. Though, mercifully, deaths and hospitalizations lag behind.
There are, however, signs of hope on the horizon. Latin American countries are moving quickly to approve and purchase new treatments against coronavirus infections – a welcome change after the region trailed in the vaccine race.
The most notable example...
